<p>What are the student bodies of these 5 schools generally like (or stereotyped as)?</p>
<p>Duke:
Emory:
Vanderbilt:
Wake Forest:
Davidson:</p>
<p>I am interested in the following things: vegetarianism/veganism, the environment, animal rights, gay rights, mild recreational drugs, feminism, New Age spirituality, and organic produce.</p>
<p>I was wondering where I would best fit.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>None of them are particularly known for their âhippieâ qualities. Small liberal arts colleges like Colorado College are much more known for that sort of thing.</p>
<p>Is this a joke? None of those schools fit your criteria. They are all preppy, full of wealthy students, and not known to have a large percentage of open minded people.</p>
<p>Liberal arts colleges? I have added Davidson to the list</p>
<p>I was going to say Davidson, but only because I know a professor there who was exactly like that at 17 and she hasnât changed a bit. Although her scores on ratemyprofessor.com sucks. Possibly insufficient recreational drugs was the problem.</p>
<p>I am only interested in southern schools. preferably a school near a Urban Outfitters and American Apparel (Into the urban bohemian look)</p>
<p>Try Reed, Smith, UC Berkley, Brown, Sarah Lawrence, and maybe Middlebury or some other hippie schools. Is Antioch still holding on? They might be a good fit.</p>
<p>But honestly, none of your schools are exactly known for their hippie culture.</p>
<p>âŚOh. Youâre a hipster.</p>
<p>Well then, never mind. Have fun knowing your precious liberal âhippieâ cred is being wasted on a store that donates huge amounts of cash to the RNC (Urban Outfitters) or run by skeezy creeps who demean, exploit, and harass women (American Apparel.) It wonât matter where you go to college. There will be plenty of kids just like you, especially at the ârich preppyâ schools.</p>
<p>As a non-neo-aging-hippie who is FB friends with Zeke Kesey, can you please explain what new age spirituality is, please? Does it involve placing rocks in wet plastic bags and listening to techno-zen muzak? There was a guy in my office that did this, and taped up the electrical outlets, and stared at a lit up celluloid of a sand dune. </p>
<p>Iâm not making this up.</p>
<p>^ </p>
<p>Depends on who you ask. Although many less âcoolâ and more serious among us would point to the revival of paganism/wicca as New Age. Other people haul out their crystals and play with oujia boards. <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>Hampshire College
Bard</p>
<p>1ăBard College ď˝Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2ăHampshire College ď˝Amherst, MA
3ăEugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
4ăNew College of Florida
5ăReed College ď˝Portland, OR
6ăClark University ď˝Worcester, MA
7ăSarah Lawrence College ď˝Bronxville, NY
8ăBennington College ď˝Bennington, VT
9ăSimonâs Rock College of Bard ď˝Great Barrington, MA
10ăMarlboro College ď˝Marlboro, VT
11ăVassar College ď˝Poughkeepsie, NY
12ăPitzer College ď˝Claremont, CA
13ăWesleyan University ď˝Middletown, CT
14ăUniversity of CaliforniaâSanta Cruz
15ăLewis & Clark College ď˝Portland, OR
16ăMacalester College ď˝St. Paul, MN
17ăEmerson College ď˝Boston, MA
18ăOberlin College ď˝Oberlin, OH
19ăWarren Wilson College ď˝Asheville, NC
20ăState University of New YorkâPurchase College</p>
<p>This is basically the Princeton Review list of Birkenstock Wearing/Tree Hugging/Gay friendly colleges</p>
<p>Ya, if it was some Donovan/David Lynch TM thing, Iâd be on board, but crystals, smoke and other ritual stuff I find a little out there.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, None of those schools in that list are highly ranked national universities. I would prefer to be in a national university for better research opportunities.</p>
<p>Also having lived in NY all my life, I would like to leave the north</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Evergreen State College in Washington State.</p>
<p>Good luck indeed. Youâve gotten good advice. (Nice list, NYS.)
Your rigidity leads you to this simple test:</p>
<p>People in __________ want ______________.</p>
<p>Ready, setâŚGO! You have five minutes.</p>
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<p>UT Austin. Of course, itâs still Texas. </p>
<p>I would not recommend any of the schools in your first post.</p>
<p>I would check out the LACâs on nysmileâs list. Wesleyen, Oberlin, New College are all highly ranked. In fact, LACâs often provide better research opportunities as undergrads must fill those spots that graduate students typically do. To be in the south, check out New College.</p>
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<p>LOL. Exactly. The American Apparel guy in particular is a real piece of work. </p>
<p>While there are pockets of everything everywhere, looking at southern schools isnât exactly the way to find the criteria you are looking for. Open your mind (you should be good at that, right?). The suggestions in post #11 are spot-on and your original list is way off (even if you include Davidson â and good god, Davidson doesnât fit your criteria either).</p>
<p>What major are you interested in? Where do you see yourself working in 5 years? Do you need financial aid?</p>